The Big Castlefield Cycle

By Tara Lawford

Introducing our biggest fundraising event of the year! The Give Back Group (GBG) have been busy making preparations and planning a week-long event. Castlefield Co-owners will be taking part in a sponsored cycle from 'Manchester to Paris', all from the comfort of our Manchester office on a stationary bike. The aim is to cover a total distance of 424 miles over a period of 6 days!  

Each day of the challenge will be centred on a variety of themes and the schedule will look something like this: 

Friday 8th – ‘First day Friday’

  • Cyclists will be able to look forward to a complimentary continental breakfast. The goal is 80 miles which would take us as far as Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 

Monday 11th – ‘Movie Monday’ 

  • Cyclists will be able to choose a movie/tv show to watch whilst they try to cover 74 miles and reach North Crawley by 5pm. 

Tuesday 12th – ‘Tuesday treats’ 

  • Co-owners are also hosting a cake sale to support the challenge. With some luck the cyclists should reach Clapham, adding another 74 miles. 

Wednesday 13th – Hump day 

  • All cyclists will be rewarded with an order from Greggs if they manage to make it across the channel and reach Neufchâtel-en-Bray by the end of the day, bringing the total distance to 309 miles. 

Thursday 14th – Bakery day 

  • We’ll be receiving an order from a very popular Manchester bakery to help boost morale and encourage our cyclists to reach Vigny, Val-d'Oise, leaving Friday cyclists with only 42 miles to complete the challenge! 

Friday 15th – Finisher 

  • If all goes well, we should make it to Paris by 1pm! There are plans to celebrate at the end of the workday.  

Would you like to support us?

Please show us your support by sponsoring our cyclists. You can donate to our Just Giving page here: Castlefield Partners is fundraising for The Charity Service (justgiving.com)  

All proceeds will be split between our four chosen charities this year - Booth Centre, Greater Manchester Youth Network, Walthew House and EMERGE. More information on them can be found here: Castlefield Charitable Fund relaunched with announcement of chosen charities